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The time 21:16 in Arabic is written السّاعَةُ التَّاسِعَةُ وَسِتُّ عَشَرَةَ دَقِيقَةً .
The pronunciation is as-saa3atu at-taasi3atu wa sittu 3asharata daqiiqatan
This Arabic time expression literally means the 9th hour and 16 minutes
Below, I go through the details of the time expression.
as-saa3atu = the clock
السّاعَةُ (pronounced as-saa3atu) means the clock
Learn how to write clock in Arabic
at-taasi3atu = the 9th
التَّاسِعَةُ (pronounced at-taasi3atu) means the 9th.
It is a sequence number, that obviously refers to the 9th hour.
wa = and
The particle وَ (pronounced wa) means and.
sittu 3asharata = 16
سِتُّ عَشَرَةَ (som uttalas sittu 3asharata) betyder 16.
It refers to the number of minutes (16) that have passed since the time was exactly 9 o'clock.
minute/minutes
دَقِيقَةً (pronounced daqiiqatan) means minute.
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